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- 1. A dishonest manwho changed after meeting Jesus
- 2. • Honest Truthfulness, Straightforwardness, Trustworthy, Loyal Fair and Sincere • Dishonest Lying, Cheating, Theft, Corruption and Abuse of office
- 3. Our sermon ison one dishonest tax collector or revenue official who lived in the city of Jericho – Zacchaeus
- 4. The people ofJericho were a very sad people. Why were they sad? They were sad because they had to pay taxes … and their taxes were very high.
- 5. The reason theirtaxes were so high was that there was a dishonest tax collector in the city. The tax collector’s name was Zacchaeus.
- 6. Zacchaeus would alwayscollect more tax than people owed. He would give part of the money to the Roman government and keep the rest for himself!
- 7. As a resultof him being dishonest, Zacchaeus became one of the richest person in Jericho but also most hated public official. He became an outcast with no friends.
- 8. Zacchaeus heard thatJesus was coming to Jericho. He wanted to see Jesus, but he was so short that he could not see above the heads of the people who crowded around Jesus. He saw a Sycamore tree nearby and decided to climb the tree so that he could see Jesus.
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- 17. Until finally, hewas perched high in the top of the tree!
- 18. When Jesus passed by,he looked up in the Sycamore tree and saw Zacchaeus. “Zacchaeus, you come down,” Jesus said. “I am going to your house today.”
- 19. Zacchaeus climbed down fromthe tree as fast as he could. Jesus went with Zacchaeus to his house and had dinner with him.
- 20. Some of thepeople were very angry with Jesus because he went to the home of Zacchaeus.
- 21. But once Jesuswas in his home, Zacchaeus changed. He told Jesus that he would give half of his money to the poor -- and if he had cheated anyone -- he would pay them back. He promised to repay them four times the amount he had stolen.
- 22. That day alot of people in Jericho were much richer -- and much, much happier.
- 23. Zacchaeus was happytoo! Jesus had changed his life!